Author name: Mark Diller Harder

Ephesians 2:13-22 I love a Scripture passage and a sermon where you have a very clear and straightforward image from Scripture to start with and you can build the whole sermon on it. It makes it easy and poetic, with everything tied up neatly in a bow. I just knew we had that

Joshua 4 (excerpts) Since near the end of May, it feels like all I, all we, have been doing is marking various milestones. Late spring tends to be the time in our SJMC worship cycles that we do lots of milestones and rituals. That is normal and good, but this year, it feels

Hidden Acres Camp 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 A few weeks ago, when I was meeting with you Ana Joy, to talk about your desire to be baptized, I asked at one point if there was a theme or image you would want for your baptism. Others have used a stone altar, or the light

‘Welcoming’ Peace in Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 The Acts 2 story of Pentecost has not been one of the traditional scriptures Mennonites have turned to when we talk about our Peace position. We turn to the Sermon on the Mount, to the Gospels, to Romans 12, and even to some of the Old Testament

Dialogue #1 – Mark Diller Harder and Don Penner Genesis 18:1-15 (Mark and Don go up on stage and sit on two stools. Have a dialogue) Mark: So Don, this service and the Scriptures we are using evolved in a different way that I had first imagined – maybe a bit like this